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David Wright: The Face, Captain of the Early 21st Century New York Mets

 When baseball historians look back at the first quarter century of the New York Mets, David Wright is going to play a prominent role. 

While Wright never won a World Series ring in New York, and the one time the Mets got to the Fall Classic in 2015, he was starting to deal the severe back and neck problems that would end his career, it doesn't diminish his impact. 



When he was called up in 2004, Wright was looked upon as the heir apparent, if you will, to Mike Piazza's place at the heart of the Mets order at that time. Soon Wright became more than that, the face of a franchise. 

While the Mets had other great players around him like Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran, Wright best represented the complete story of the Mets in the early part of the 21st Century. 

He came up at the end of the Piazza-era in 2004. Became a household name when the Mets got good again in 2006; got to a World Series after years of struggle, and retired a Met at the dawn of a new era in Mets history when the likes of Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo were coming up in 2018. 

So it is fitting in many ways that Wright gets his number retired. Well earned, and one of the best to ever wear the Mets uniform. Had the injuries and Citi Field dimensions not taken its toll, maybe he would have been booked for Cooperstown. 




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